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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/faih
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *faihaz (“coloured”).
Adjective
*faih
- coloured
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *faih | ||
| Genitive | *faihas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *faih | *faihu | *faih |
| Accusative | *faihanā | *faihā | *faih |
| Genitive | *faihas | *faiheʀā | *faihas |
| Dative | *faihumē | *faiheʀē | *faihumē |
| Instrumental | *faihu | *faiheʀu | *faihu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *faihē | *faihō | *faihu |
| Accusative | *faihā | *faihā | *faihu |
| Genitive | *faiheʀō | *faiheʀō | *faiheʀō |
| Dative | *faihēm, *faihum | *faihēm, *faihum | *faihēm, *faihum |
| Instrumental | *faihēm, *faihum | *faihēm, *faihum | *faihēm, *faihum |
Descendants
- Old English: fāh, fāg
- Middle English: fou, fāh, fow, foʒ, fawe
- Scots: faw
- Middle English: fou, fāh, fow, foʒ, fawe
- Old Saxon: fēh
- Middle Low German: *vê (in compound vêwerk, veewerk)
- Old High German: fēh
- Middle High German: vēch, vēhe, vē
- German: Feh; (obsolete) fech, feh
- Middle High German: vēch, vēhe, vē
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *faihaz (“hostile”).
Adjective
*faih[1]
- hostile
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *faih | ||
| Genitive | *faihas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *faih | *faihu | *faih |
| Accusative | *faihanā | *faihā | *faih |
| Genitive | *faihas | *faiheʀā | *faihas |
| Dative | *faihumē | *faiheʀē | *faihumē |
| Instrumental | *faihu | *faiheʀu | *faihu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *faihē | *faihō | *faihu |
| Accusative | *faihā | *faihā | *faihu |
| Genitive | *faiheʀō | *faiheʀō | *faiheʀō |
| Dative | *faihēm, *faihum | *faihēm, *faihum | *faihēm, *faihum |
| Instrumental | *faihēm, *faihum | *faihēm, *faihum | *faihēm, *faihum |
Descendants
- Old English: fāh
- Middle English: fo
- English: foe
- Middle English: fo
- Old Frisian: fāch
- Old Dutch: *fēh, *gifēh
- Middle Dutch: vêe, gevêe
- Old High German: gifēh
- Middle High German: gevēch, gevē
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 314: “PWGmc *faih”